Lewandowski hints at run for governor

Corey Lewandowski, a senior adviser at the Department of Homeland Security and ally to President Trump, hinted Thursday he might run for governor in New Hampshire.

“Everyone says being a governor is the best job in politics,” Lewandowski wrote on the social platform X. “I agree.”

Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager in 2016 and campaign adviser in 2024, also hinted at his potential candidacy in a text message with Politico on Wednesday.

“Governor is the only job in politics I would ever consider giving up what I am currently doing for,” he texted.

After the story was published, Lewandowski shared it on X, adding a caption that read, “This is newsworthy. Wow.”

Born in Lowell, Mass., Lewandowski lives in Windham, N.H.

While other states face pressure to redraw their congressional maps, the Trump administration could back a primary challenger against New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R), Politico reported Tuesday.

In August, Ayotte said she would not change the Granite State’s congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterms.

“The timing is off for this because we are in the middle of the census period, and when I talk to people in New Hampshire, this is not at the top of their priority list,” she told WMUR, a local news station.

Gov. Chris Sununu (R), Ayotte’s predecessor, vetoed redrawing the map after Republicans passed the plan through the legislature in 2022.

That same year, Lewandowski told conservative radio host Howie Carr that Trump asked him to find someone to primary Sununu. Out of office at the time, Trump was “very unhappy with the chief executive officer of the state of New Hampshire,” Lewandowski said.

Lewandowski also “seriously considered” running for the Senate in New Hampshire in 2020 to challenge Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.). By December 2019, Lewandowski announced he would not run and planned to focus on helping Trump’s reelection campaign in 2020.